FLUORIDATE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they fluoridate ... he / she / it fluoridates

Past simple: fluoridated

Past participle: fluoridated

-ing form: fluoridating

Meaning:

Subject to fluoridation; treat with fluoride

Example:

fluoridize the teeth of children

Synonyms:

fluoridate; fluoridise; fluoridize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "fluoridate" is one way to...):

process; treat (subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

fluoridation (the addition of a fluoride to the water supply (to prevent dental decay))

fluoride (a salt of hydrofluoric acid)